Christmas is truly an adoption story.Jesus Christ, the Son of God, leaving His heavenly home with all it's eternal riches and coming down into this lowly world. He was adopted into an earthly family by Mary and Joseph so that we could be adopted into His heavenly/forever family and be able to cry out "Abba,Father".
Two times in the Bible's New Testament the word "orphan" is used. When Jesus was teaching and preparing His disciples for His departure, He reassured them "I will not leave you comfortless/orphans". He would send them The Comforter, the Holy Spirit to live and abide in them. Jesus' brother James would later use the same word in referring to the fatherless/orphan"Pure and undefiled religion is to visit orphans and widows in their distress...".
In our world today there are many orphans, both spiritual and physical. There are many without family, both spiritual and physical. There are many who have never experienced the miracle of adoption, spiritual or physical. There are many waiting for us, as God's children, as His family, to welcome and invite them in.
Christmas, it is truly "The Adoption Story". Tell the story, share the story, live it out and welcome others in.Experience the miracle.
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